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Candidate forums announced for St. Pete Mayor, City Council

Candidates for St. Petersburg mayor and three City Council races will face off with two city-sponsored forums set for September.

The League of Women Voters St. Petersburg branch will moderate a mayoral forum at City Hall Tuesday, Sept. 26, beginning 6:30 p.m. Doors open at 6 p.m.

Debate moderators will take written questions from audience members for incumbent Mayor Rick Kriseman and former two-term Mayor Rick Baker.

The day before is a candidate forum for City Council candidates — using the same format — at City Hall beginning 6 p.m. Monday, Sept. 25. The debate will feature District 6 candidates Justin Bean and Gina Driscoll, District 4 Council chair Darden Rice and her opponent Jerick Johnston and District 2 candidates Brandi Gabbard and Barclay Harless.